Gold Coast Acupuncture offers you genuine Acupuncture provided by Acupuncturists with years of training. Our practitioners care about your health and all appointments are designed so you receive quality time with the practitioner ensuring that your treatment is never rushed. Our treatment rooms are large, private and well presented which offer you a nurturing and supportive atmosphere allowing the perfect healing environment.

Gold Coast Acupuncture

How can Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine help me?

Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine in which thin needles are inserted into the body. It is a key component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The staff at our Acupuncture Gold Coast clinic are trained and qualified to provide you with the highest standards of practice and treatment. [Find out more]

Conditions

Our practitioners aim to provide support and reduce the symptoms associated with common conditions.

Pain

Pain is associated with many common conditions including Headaches, Migraines, Neck Pain, Back Pain, Muscle Pain, Arthritis, Muscle Problems and Sports Injuries.

Acupuncture may relieve (both sensory and affective) inflammatory pain. This occurs through activation of a variety of bioactive chemicals through peripheral, spinal, and supraspinal mechanisms. (Zhang et al 2014 – Mechanisms of acupuncture in persistent pain).

Migraine prophylaxis

For migraine prophylaxis, acupuncture was rated as ‘effective’ in the Australian DVA review (2010) and ‘evidence of positive effect’ in the USVA Evidence map of acupuncture {2014} (5, 6). [More about Migraine Acupuncture]

Headache

The most recent Cochrane systematic review update confirmed that acupuncture is effective for frequent episodic and chronic tension-type headaches with moderate to low quality evidence (43). A brief review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses described acupuncture as having a ‘potentially important role as part of a treatment plan for migraine, tension-type headache, and several different types of chronic headache disorders’ (44). [More about Headache Acupuncture]

Low back pain

In a systematic review of 32 randomised controlled trials for acupuncture treatment of chronic non-specific low back pain, acupuncture was superior (both statistically and clinically significant) to sham acupuncture in pain reduction and improved function immediately after treatment (46). [More about Low Back Pain Acupuncture]

Knee osteoarthritis pain

Knee osteoarthritis pain was rated as ‘evidence of potential positive effect’ in the USVA Evidence map of acupuncture (2014) (5, 6). Acupuncture was also superior to standard care and muscle-strengthening exercises in a sub-analysis of moderate to high quality studies (52). [More about Knee Osteoarthritis Acupuncture]

Allergic rhinitis

For allergic rhinitis, acupuncture was rated as ‘effective’ in the Australian DVA review (2010) (5, 6). A systematic review of 13 randomised controlled trials concluded that ‘acupuncture could be a safe and valid treatment option for allergic rhinitis’ (moderate quality evidence) (54). [More about Allergic Rhinitis Acupuncture]

Nausea and vomiting

For chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, acupuncture was rated as ‘effective’ in the Australian DVA review (2010). For post-operative nausea and vomiting, acupuncture was rated ‘potential positive effect’ in the USVA Evidence map of acupuncture (2014) (5, 6). [More about Acupuncture for Nausea and Vomiting]

Post-operative pain

A systematic review and meta-analysis of 13 RCTs in 2016, found that acupuncture, electroacupuncture (EA) and transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) improved pain on day one after surgery and reduced opioid use (17). [More about Acupuncture for Pain]

Therapies available at Gold Coast Acupuncture

Acupuncture Needling

Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine in which thin needles are inserted into the body. It is a key component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The needles are manipulated manually or the needle may be further stimulated by electrical stimulation (electroacupuncture). Dry needling is another name for what we would refer to as Myofascial Acupuncture, Tendinomuscular Acupuncture and/or Sports Acupuncture.